Note:Course info may be subject to change
and will be updated as more information becomes available.All courses are 4 credits each unless
otherwise noted.

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FLS 200INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES

Alexandra Keller

MW 1:10-2:30pm and M 7-11pm screening

This course offers an overview of cinema as an artistic,
industrial, ideological and social force.Students will become familiar with the aesthetic elements of cinema
(visual style, editing, cinematography, sound, performance, narration and
formal structure, etc.), the terminology of film production, and the relations
among industrial, ideological, artistic, and social issues.Films (both classic and contemporary)
will be discussed from aesthetic, historical and social perspectives, enabling
students to approach films as informed and critical viewers.Enrollment limited to 60.Priority given to Smith College Film
Studies Minors and Five College Film Studies Majors.{A}4 credits

Undergraduate UMass Film Studies Certificate category:I

Five College Film Studies Major category: 1

FLS 280INTRODUCTION TO VIDEO PRODUCTION

Lucretia Knapp

T 1-4pm, W 7-9pm screening

This course involves both an introduction to the history and
contemporary practice of experimental video and video art, as well as the
acquisition of the technical, analytical and conceptual skills to complete
individual video projects.Students will be engaged in screenings and discussion and class
exercises and will produce three to four (short) individual video
projects.Projects are designed to
develop basic technical proficiency in the video medium as well as practical
skills for the completion of the video projects.This is a beginning course that will cover the basics of
shooting, lighting, audio, and digital editing.Prerequisite:200 (which may be taken concurrently).Priority given to Smith College Film Studies Minors and Five
College Film Studies Majors.Permission of the instructor required.Enrollment limited to 13.{A}4 credits

Undergraduate UMass Film Studies Certificate category:V

Five College Film Studies Major category: 8

GER 237TOPICS
IN GERMAN CINEMA:THE WALL ON FILM

Jocelyne Kolb

MW 02:40-04:00; T 07:30-09:30

Topics course. A study of cinematic responses to the Berlin
Wall twenty years after its fall in November of 1989. Using as a frame
RuttmannŐs Berlin: Symphony of a City
(1927) and SchadtŐs remake 75 years later, we will analyze the Wall as an
influence on the culture, politics, and psyche of Berliners and non-Berliners.
Films by Wilder, Wenders, Schlondorff, von Trotta, Levy, Becker, Henckel von
Donnersmarck, and Akin; texts include P. Schneider, B. Schlinck, T. Brussig, M.
Maron, and J. Hermann.